Earp California Map

About Earp, California

Earp is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Earp is located at 34.1647°N, 114.3011°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92242.

Earp occupies a parched stretch of earth where the Colorado River carves a slow, muddy ribbon through the desert floor. It lies 41.9 miles north-northeast of Blythe, CA (from Blythe, CA: bearing 24°T), and is situated 1.2 miles northwest of Parker. The landscape surrounding Earp remains defined by the relentless intensity of the sun, which bleaches the creosote and saltbush into shades of pale dust. To the east, the Whipple Mountains rise in jagged, serrated silhouettes against an expansive sky, their slopes devoid of soft edges or shade. Seven miles away, the vast, arid expanse of Empire Flat stretches out, while the waters of Copper Basin Reservoir wait nine miles distant, held in a basin of rock and scrub. Earp sits firmly within the borders of Unknown Park, where the silence of the high desert settles over the ground like a heavy, heat-shimmering veil.

Earp owes its name to a history of frontier lawmen and the quiet tenacity of those who settled in the wake of the mining booms. The local economy relies on the steady, deliberate pace of agricultural irrigation and the intermittent traffic of travelers moving through the basin. Earp maintains a sparse, functional character, where corrugated metal sheds and sun-faded structures stand as markers of a life tethered to the river’s unpredictable flow. There is a peculiar, stark beauty in the way the twilight renders the desert floor a deep, bruised violet, casting long shadows from the tamarisk trees that line the riverbanks. Daily life in Earp moves with the patience of the water itself, indifferent to the shifting trends of the world beyond the horizon, existing in a space where the dry wind is the only constant companion.

About This Earp Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Earp, California. Coordinates: 34.164738, -114.301063. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Earp includes the ZIP code (92242), telephone area code (714), county seat of San Bernardino County (San Bernardino), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.